Weather Records on 24 November 1987

781 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 24 November 1987. Highest significance: Jefferson City Wtp, US.

Key Facts for 24 November 1987

On 24 November 1987, 781 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
246 were record highs and 216 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 1 were all-time records, 32 monthly and 748 daily.
Jefferson City Wtp set a daily record precipitation of 79.5 mm (3.1 in) on 24 November 1987.
Across 161 earlier years (1793 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 465 records.

Record Map

781 stations

781 station records on 24 November 1987 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 24 November 1987: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Jefferson City Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	72 of 100 (Major)
Warrenton 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	64 of 100 (Major)
Guayama 1SW	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	61 of 100 (Major)
Champaign 3S	United States	Record daily precipitation	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	54 of 100 (Notable)
Jerome	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	53 of 100 (Notable)
Hillsboro	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Mt Pulaski	United States	Record daily precipitation	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Camdenton 2 NW	United States	Record daily precipitation	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	50 of 100 (Notable)
Newkirk 5NE	United States	Record daily precipitation	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	49 of 100 (Notable)
Balbay	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Lebanon 2W	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Springfield	United States	Record daily precipitation	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	48 of 100 (Notable)
Decatur Wtp	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Cedar Vale 5SSE	United States	Record daily precipitation	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Elsberry 1 S	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	47 of 100 (Notable)
Humacao 2 SSE	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Ft Ross	United States	Record low minimum temperature	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Appleton City	United States	Record daily precipitation	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Madrid	United States	Record daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	46 of 100 (Notable)
Railton (Cement Australia)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Mexico	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Lamar 3 SSE	United States	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Skiatook	United States	Record daily precipitation	66.0 mm (2.6 in)	45 of 100 (Notable)
Aguirre	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	68.6 mm (2.7 in)	44 of 100 (Notable)
Garnett 1 E	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.5 mm (1.4 in)	43 of 100 (Notable)
Gulca	Kyrgyzstan	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Maunabo	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	126.0 mm (5.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Lugano	Switzerland	Record daily precipitation	43.3 mm (1.7 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Moran	United States	Record daily precipitation	26.2 mm (1.0 in)	42 of 100 (Notable)
Edwardsville 2 W	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Potter	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.6 cm (3.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Richards	United States	Record daily precipitation	108.0 mm (4.3 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Mole Creek	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.6 mm (1.3 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Liffey	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Astana	Kazakhstan	Record low minimum temperature	-34.7 C (-30.5 F)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Leroy 5 WSW	United States	Record daily snowfall	16.5 cm (6.5 in)	39 of 100 (Notable)
Sandakan	Malaysia	Record daily precipitation	82.0 mm (3.2 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Carthage	United States	Record daily precipitation	48.3 mm (1.9 in)	38 of 100 (Notable)
Richmond Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	28.0 C (82.4 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Granville Harbour	Australia	Record daily precipitation	32.0 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Turgaj	Kazakhstan	Record low maximum temperature	-24.3 C (-11.7 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Manati 2 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record high minimum temperature	22.8 C (73.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Ljubljana Bezigrad	Slovenia	Record daily precipitation	32.7 mm (1.3 in)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Marble Hill	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	37 of 100 (Notable)
Pawhuska	United States	Record daily precipitation	75.7 mm (3.0 in)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Ballinger 2 NW	United States	Record high minimum temperature	17.2 C (63.0 F)	36 of 100 (Notable)
Dunedin	South Africa	Record daily precipitation	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Jonesboro 3 SSE	United States	Record high minimum temperature	12.2 C (54.0 F)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Salida	United States	Record daily snowfall	11.4 cm (4.5 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Petersburg 3SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	30.5 mm (1.2 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Miller	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Katanning Comparison	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	4.0 C (39.2 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ulverstone (Knights Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	27.8 mm (1.1 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Wilmot (Back Road)	Australia	Record daily precipitation	33.2 mm (1.3 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Ponce 4 E	Puerto Rico [United States]	Record daily precipitation	61.5 mm (2.4 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Tomsk	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-42.1 C (-43.8 F)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Monticello	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Sedan	United States	Record daily precipitation	50.8 mm (2.0 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Lockwood	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.1 mm (1.6 in)	34 of 100 (Routine)
Nueva Esperanza	Mexico	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	33 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

781 records

Records set or tied on 24 November 1987 by type: Highest daily maximum 122, Lowest daily maximum 119, Highest daily minimum 124, Lowest daily minimum 97, Heaviest daily rainfall 294, Heaviest daily snowfall 19, Deepest snow cover 6.

Records on 24 November 1987 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	122
Lowest daily maximum	119
Highest daily minimum	124
Lowest daily minimum	97
Heaviest daily rainfall	294
Heaviest daily snowfall	19
Deepest snow cover	6

Records on 24 November 1987 by timescale: all-time 1, monthly 32, daily 748.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

680 broken records

Margins by which the 680 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 114.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

24 November 1987

Top 20 records on 24 November 1987 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
24 November 1987	Jefferson City Wtp, US	daily rain	79.5 mm (3.1 in)	68.8 mm (2.7 in)	78 years	72 of 100 (Major)
24 November 1987	Warrenton 1 N, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	84 years	64 of 100 (Major)
24 November 1987	Guayama 1SW, PR	daily rain	95.5 mm (3.8 in)	61.2 mm (2.4 in)	72 years	61 of 100 (Major)
24 November 1987	Champaign 3S, US	daily rain	43.2 mm (1.7 in)	28.0 mm (1.1 in)	60 years	54 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Jerome, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	57.6 mm (2.3 in)	13 years	53 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Hillsboro, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	86 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Mt Pulaski, US	daily rain	27.9 mm (1.1 in)	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Camdenton 2 NW, US	daily rain	70.1 mm (2.8 in)	49.3 mm (1.9 in)	34 years	50 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Newkirk 5NE, US	daily rain	78.7 mm (3.1 in)	56.9 mm (2.2 in)	34 years	49 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Balbay, KG	daily rain	25.3 mm (1.0 in)	18.3 mm (0.7 in)	45 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Lebanon 2W, US	daily rain	40.9 mm (1.6 in)	18.5 mm (0.7 in)	84 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Springfield, US	all-time rain	159.3 mm (6.3 in)	20.1 mm (0.8 in)	38 years	48 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Decatur Wtp, US	daily rain	30.2 mm (1.2 in)	12.4 mm (0.5 in)	86 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Cedar Vale 5SSE, US	daily rain	83.8 mm (3.3 in)	83.5 mm (3.3 in)	13 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Elsberry 1 S, US	daily rain	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	31.3 mm (1.2 in)	56 years	47 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Humacao 2 SSE, PR	daily rain	96.5 mm (3.8 in)	47.0 mm (1.9 in)	38 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Ft Ross, US	daily low min	-1.7 C (28.9 F)	3.9 C (7.0 F)	80 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Appleton City, US	daily rain	41.7 mm (1.6 in)	15.0 mm (0.6 in)	86 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Madrid, US	daily snowfall	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	5.1 cm (2.0 in)	93 years	46 of 100 (Notable)
24 November 1987	Railton (Cement Australia), AU	daily rain	39.4 mm (1.6 in)	17.0 mm (0.7 in)	69 years	45 of 100 (Notable)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1793 to 1987

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1793 to 1987. 1987 had 781 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 11-24 in each year
Year	Records
1793	2
1812	1
1824	2
1831	1
1836	1
1838	1
1841	1
1846	1
1852	2
1853	1
1856	2
1858	3
1863	1
1865	2
1868	1
1869	1
1870	1
1873	1
1874	1
1877	1
1879	1
1880	3
1881	1
1882	3
1885	1
1886	1
1888	6
1889	1
1890	6
1892	3
1893	2
1895	2
1896	3
1897	1
1898	3
1899	3
1900	3
1901	3
1902	12
1903	8
1904	15
1905	17
1906	19
1907	14
1908	53
1909	30
1910	9
1911	47
1912	24
1913	26
1914	64
1915	20
1916	97
1917	110
1918	18
1919	43
1920	21
1921	60
1922	66
1923	164
1924	261
1925	132
1926	107
1927	410
1928	110
1929	226
1930	368
1931	945
1932	186
1933	211
1934	100
1935	221
1936	216
1937	302
1938	778
1939	234
1940	439
1941	166
1942	490
1943	192
1944	418
1945	226
1946	368
1947	745
1948	459
1949	487
1950	1,821
1951	627
1952	762
1953	280
1954	315
1955	621
1956	732
1957	282
1958	650
1959	665
1960	318
1961	660
1962	299
1963	351
1964	330
1965	1,334
1966	840
1967	294
1968	271
1969	284
1970	1,493
1971	836
1972	633
1973	1,513
1974	434
1975	844
1976	412
1977	1,071
1978	703
1979	1,458
1980	1,053
1981	910
1982	1,223
1983	1,370
1984	1,074
1985	2,300
1986	713
1987	781
1988	904
1989	1,005
1990	1,031
1991	928
1992	1,515
1993	2,296
1994	792
1995	956
1996	1,232
1997	489
1998	893
1999	1,202
2000	705
2001	1,808
2002	755
2003	1,166
2004	1,255
2005	1,115
2006	992
2007	1,001
2008	777
2009	889
2010	1,626
2011	1,046
2012	370
2013	1,155
2014	1,016
2015	493
2016	452
2017	1,526
2018	535
2019	323
2020	391
2021	451
2022	378
2023	554
2024	755
2025	453

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-16. Last revised 16 October 2026 (2026-10-16).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	626
20 to 40	35
40 to 60	11
60 to 80	5
80 to 100	1
100 to 120	2